DGLG - Moving Forward

Derbyshire Gypsy Liaison Group provides valuable assistance and information to the Gypsy community in and around Derbyshire. DGLG also has close relationships with local authorities and services to aid managing Gypsy culture with knowledge and respect. DGLG work is not exclusively in Derbyshire.

Training for statutory bodies including the Police, Healthcare and Social Services

Host agency to The National Federation of Gypsy Liaison Groups

Input into CRE scrutiny report

We have a DGLG member on the newly established Department of Communities and Local Government Gypsy and Traveller Liaison Group

Latest Information

Heritage open days for 2016 are 8th -11th September. Please see information on the Heritage or Events page for our open day and any events for the coming year.

As part of the Digital story of DGLG we have located some of the previous calendar PDFs.

Please can we remind that most of the photographs are copyrighted in our calendars from DGLG archives or we were given permission to use them for the calendar by individuals that own copyright. Please contact us regarding copyright for permission if you would like to use any of them.

Please check Calendar page for downloadable PDFs - Calendars PDFs available for Heritage Open Days 2015 this year are 2006 & 2008

New to come 1999 - 2014 past calendars.As part of the Digital story of DGLG all the past calendars will be available on this page soon as PDFs please can we remind that most of the photographs are copyrighted in our calendars from DGLG archives or we were given permission to use them for the calendar by individuals that own copyright. Please contact us regarding copyright for permission if you would like to use any of them.

Service Updates Read about DGLG activities, reports on progress, news and events.

Upcoming EventsHolocaust Memorial Day (27 January) is a national event in the United Kingdom dedicated to the remembrance of the victims the Porrajmos [Holocaust] first held in January 2001 it has been on the same date every year since. The chosen date is the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp by the Soviet Union in 1945; please note that this slide show contains images taken from the trip to Poland taken in 2010 as our memorial to the day these will be on the site throughout January.This year the theme is “Don’t Stand by”

The National Holocaust Centre and Museum, Acre Edge Road, Laxton, Newark, Notts, NG22 0PA, phone 01623 836647 01623 836647, is holding an exhibition of some of the Romani Holocaust photos that National Gypsy and Traveller historian and researcher, Bob Dawson has bequeathed them in a special exhibition running throughout June and it is hoped beyond. More info here

All Our Stories Highways, Byways and Stopping PlacesWe have been awarded by Heritage lottery to undertake a digital story of DGLG. Please check events page. Heritage projects will be uploaded onto the Patrin website. Visit here​Anyone wanting to add photographs or information to the heritage pages can do so through one of the Patrin administrators please contact NFGLG heritage officer through the www.nationalgypsytravellerfederation.org website.

ReportsAGM report 2015 will be available as a PDF Document. shortly

Awards Received PQASSO Accredited level 2 DGLG was awarded the Home Office Queen's Award for Innovation in Police Training...